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Abigail fronts appeal
Little battler: Abigail Josey and her dad Steve. She is the face of Operation Heal.
OPERATION
Text HEAL to 4740 to donate $3.00
The Mad Butcher and Suburban Newspapers Community Trust
ABIGAIL Josey was just
three when she received third
degree burns to her back.
Today she is a happy
13-year-old living a relatively
normal life.
Proud mum Tracey says
Abigail doesn t let her past
get her down -- despite the
scarring caused by a pot of
boiling potatoes.
She s only really conscious
of it when she swims, the
mother of seven says.
There was an occasion
when she was called names
by some children who d heard
about what had happened but
hadn t even seen her back.
Abigail just makes sure
she wears a t-shirt over the
top of her togs -- she doesn t
want to draw attention to it.
The Joseys were living in
Whangarei when Abigail was
injured.
They had given notice to
their landlord and were
preparing for a shift to Tau-
ranga where father Steve had
signed up for a training
course.
Their world was turned
upside down in a matter of
moments.
My husband still had to go
down and find us a house,
Tracey says.
Meanwhile I was in hos-
pital with Abigail and our
other children were being
looked after by my parents.
There is no easy way to
get around that sort of thing.
But you just have to keep
going even though it feels like
things have all come to a
grinding halt.
Abigail was transferred to
the National Burn Centre in
Auckland after a week and
spent a month in the care of
its staff.
She
wore pressure
garments to aid her recovery
for nearly a year.
It all seems a long time ago
now.
But Tracey will never for-
get how traumatic and pain-
ful the exercise was for every-
one and urges all Central
Leader readers to get behind
Operation Heal and its efforts
to raise money for the unit.
The fundraiser is being run
by the Mad Butcher and Sub-
urban Newspapers Com-
munity Trust.
Donations will go towards
a high-tech microscope used
by surgeons to help get people
like Abigail on the mend.
I ve always said that
something like this could
happen to anybody, Tracey
says. Raising money for this
equipment is achievable if
everybody gives just a little
bit. Then it will be there for
the benefit of our whole com-
munity. That s important
because nobody knows if or
when they might need it.
Donations to Operation
Heal can be made at the Cen-
tral Leader office, Unit 1.3,
72 Dominion Rd, or posted
direct to: Operation Heal,
Mad Butcher and Suburban
Newspapers Community
Trust, Private Bag 92815,
Penrose, Auckland 1642. Or
text HEAL to 4740 to donate
$3.
Top burn surgeon puts
patients first P2